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Direct linkJody L. McBrien – Intercultural Education, 2024
This study examines the effectiveness of an undergraduate intercultural learning assignment immediately and over time. Students were asked to consider what they know or believe about refugees and the sources of their information. They then engaged in two one-hour online interviews with a refugee. After the interviews, they wrote reflective…
Descriptors: College Students, Refugees, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes
Cavazos, Jenel T.; Stern, William; Stephenson, Elise; Heddy, Benjamin – Teaching of Psychology, 2021
Belief in psychological misconceptions has potential repercussions for both students and potentially society as a whole. We present a creative and engaging myth refutation assignment that uses an infographic format to promote the refutation of psychological misconceptions. A total of 166 students completed the myth refutation assignment, along…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Visual Aids, Information Dissemination, Assignments
Download full textTorres-Arends, Irene – Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 2023
Misunderstandings about how the academic world operates are common among international students. This research investigated international students' understandings of academic regulations. Qualitative content analysis of 3,438 email messages indicate international students used a constellation of arguments to make academic requests/complaints to…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Misconceptions, Foreign Countries, Electronic Mail
Halim, Audrey S.; Finkenstaedt-Quinn, Solaire A.; Olsen, Laura J.; Gere, Anne Ruggles; Shultz, Ginger V. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
Student misconceptions are an obstacle in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses and unless remediated may continue causing difficulties in learning as students advance in their studies. Writing-to-learn assignments (WTL) are characterized by their ability to promote in-depth conceptual learning by allowing students to explore…
Descriptors: Misconceptions, Science Instruction, Biology, Introductory Courses
Booth, Julie L.; Cooper, Laura A.; Donovan, M. Suzanne; Huyghe, Alexandra; Koedinger, Kenneth R.; Paré-Blagoev, E. Juliana – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
Superintendents from districts in the Minority Student Achievement Network (MSAN) challenged the Strategic Education Research Partnership (SERP) to identify an approach to narrowing the minority student achievement gap in Algebra 1 without isolating minority students for intervention. SERP partnered with 8 MSAN districts and researchers from 3…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, College Students, Mathematics Achievement, Achievement Gap
Whalen, D. Joel, Ed. – Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, 2018
This article, the second of a two-part series, features 13 "My Favorite Assignments" that were introduced at the Association for Business Communication's 82nd annual conference held in Dublin, Ireland, in 2017. The pedagogical innovations include assignments that teach students how to conduct primary research, present their findings,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Professional Associations, Business Communication, Foreign Countries
Barnes, Tiffany, Ed.; Chi, Min, Ed.; Feng, Mingyu, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2016
The 9th International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2016) is held under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society at the Sheraton Raleigh Hotel, in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, in the USA. The conference, held June 29-July 2, 2016, follows the eight previous editions (Madrid 2015, London 2014, Memphis…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Inquiry, Science Instruction
Marrs, Kathleen A.; Chism, Grady W., III – Journal of Food Science Education, 2005
Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) combines the best features of traditional in-class instruction with the communication potential available via the Web. We describe here how JiTT has been used in Biology Education and how it can be used in Food Science Education. JiTT uses Web-based "Warm Up" assignments due before class to stimulate critical thinking…
Descriptors: Foods Instruction, Biology, Science Instruction, College Science
